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Re:Ask HN: I've realized I'm a bad software engineer and I'm... by rijoja on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:06AM (#26648243)
"He assumed that developers were cogs in a machine that can be replaced."

Well large corporations do want this very much and there are things you can do to make it work like this. Not without investment of course.

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Re:Ask HN: I've realized I'm a bad software engineer and I'm... by cblackthornekc on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:11AM (#26648298)
Right, it is understandable that a large company would want you to get going quickly. But yeah, without investing in code quality tools, or something to keep code bases similar, it won't be a fast transition.
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